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I have been re-watching all these Great Gatsby movies to compare one from the other. The one with Alan Ladd is the one truest to the book, flashbacks and all; the one with Robert Redford is great for the '20's dance and song craze. This one seems to be lacking the glamour of the parties, but I like Nick Carraway in this version. Toby Stephens doesn't appeal to me as Jay Gatsby here. But, still a good version to watch.

NewYorkViews
Nov 14, 2014

This was quite excellent as this Great Gatsby starring Mira Sorvino, Toby Stephens, and Paul Rudd comes across like a classic PBS version of the book. The acting is really cool, and the film would have ben better if the makeup job on Daisy would have been better--sometimes she looks like a worrier or older, and in one dress she looks like she has a fat stomach. Most of the time she is quite excellent. This is different than the Robert Redford, Mia Farrow version that is more grand Hollywood style. This version is much better than the version L. DiCaprio starred in.

Didn't make it beyond 45 minutes. The best thing that can be said about this made-for-TV version is that it reminds us (by contrast) of just how good Robert Redford, Bruce Dern and Sam Waterston were in the 1974 film.

I was enthralled into this movie when I first saw it. The music was so compelling and the Theme for it was so-Gatsby, it was like HIS theme. He was incredibly cool and made it seem like everything happened, step-by-step. Gatsby IS Cool, and he invented turning around.-so Simple, right?! :)
5/5 STARS! I wonder how the 2012 version will turn out. Will Leonardo Dicaprio be able to portray The Great Gatsby as Great and can spider-man-ops, I mean Peter-I mean Tobey Maguire preform Nick like he should? We'll see soon! ;)

mrsgail5756
Nov 04, 2012

Very well done movie. A pleasure to watch. I would recommend this movie for all to see. No fast forwarding on this one. A++ DVD

"...with every word she was drawing further and further into herself, so he gave that up, and only the dead dream fought on as the afternoon slipped away, trying to touch what was no longer tangible, struggling unhappily, undespairingly, toward that lost voice across the room."

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“The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time where gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession, it is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s."